A stretch of the southern states of USA which are has demographically been shown in repeated surveys to score high on religiosity, and generally 'Bible-minded.' It includes the sMississippi tates of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgria, South and North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missisipi. The term was coined by writer H. L. Mencken in 1925 when reporting on the Scopes's Trial (aka "Monkey Trial), which took place in Dayton, Tennesssee.
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